The family of Dom Phillips confirmed, this Thursday (23), that the body of the journalist killed in the Javari Valley, in Amazonas, will arrive in Rio de Janeiro today. Also according to the family, the funeral ceremonies will be held in Brazil over the weekend.
There are still no details on the time and location of the burial and wake. The information was confirmed to CNN by Dom Phillips’ brother-in-law, Marcus Farias Sampaio.
The National Institute of Criminalistics of the Federal Police (PF) released, on Wednesday (22), the bodies of Dom Phillips and indigenist Bruno Pereira to their families. The plane will take off from Brasília airport at 2 pm.
The work of the experts will continue in the coming days, focusing on the analysis of different traces of the case.
According to PF sources, the third suspect arrested, Jefferson Lima da Silva, told authorities that he and fisherman Amarildo da Costa Oliveira were responsible for shooting the victims. According to him, Pereira even greeted Amarildo minutes before the murder. Shortly afterwards, the indigenist saw the suspect’s boat and instructed the journalist to photograph it – which would have angered the fisherman.
The expertise has already identified that Bruno was hit by three shots and Dom by one.
After identifying the bodies, the police also located the boat in which the pair were traveling and which was sunk by the killers.
On Friday (17) and Saturday (18), investigators confirmed that the remains found in the forest were those of Dom and Bruno.
Source: CNN Brasil
